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atmospheric combustion of Al (foil)
Thanks for the suggestions. I had thought of trying to ignite the foil in pure O2 instead of air, bu ...
26-9-2004 at 12:29
by: Polverone
atmospheric combustion of Al (foil)
No, I haven't tried Mg ribbon. That might be a yet more reliable way of doing this. I tried a f ...
25-9-2004 at 21:29
by: Polverone
atmospheric combustion of Al (foil)
When I was much younger I used to make a variety of simple pyrotechnic devices with KNO3 as oxidizer ...
25-9-2004 at 18:52
by: Polverone
Searching the forum
The search engine for this board is lousy and unlikely to be improved. Fortunately, all but Whimsy i ...
25-9-2004 at 12:10
by: Polverone
Can we please not muddy the waters further?
IvX, it's obvious you haven't even read the Amazon reviews of this book. I'm not sure ...
21-9-2004 at 23:07
by: Polverone
Darwin's Black Box
I haven't read [i]Darwin's Black Box[/i]. I have read [i]The Structure of Scientific Revol ...
21-9-2004 at 13:06
by: Polverone
Lanthanum fun
Sidgwick, speaking generally of the lanthanides, says "The halides nearly all crystallize with ...
20-9-2004 at 17:45
by: Polverone
Lanthanum fun
On a whim, I bought some lanthanum oxide (among other things) from the Al-Chymist since it was on sa ...
19-9-2004 at 13:38
by: Polverone
I'm only going to do this once
I find it distatsteful and annoying when complex issues are simplified and then the simplified versi ...
15-9-2004 at 14:52
by: Polverone
cleavage or hydrolosis of methoxy groups
[quote][i]Originally posted by Darkfire[/i]
The facist DEA isnt trying to ban it, they already did, ...
15-9-2004 at 10:48
by: Polverone
Sealing ampoules
Can you get a MAPP gas torch? That's easy to find at hardware stores and should be considerably ...
12-9-2004 at 21:33
by: Polverone
Benzene synthesis
Actually, it was Turel who said that benzene can be produced from benzoic acid and H2SO4. It's ...
10-9-2004 at 13:57
by: Polverone
Chemistry and Math for Pharmacy school
If you are just taking general and organic chemistry, you honestly don't need that much math. T ...
4-9-2004 at 22:26
by: Polverone
Brief forum outages?
This sort of brief outage used to happen frequently. I hadn't noticed it for quite some time th ...
4-9-2004 at 16:52
by: Polverone
deuterium oxide for rare earths
There seems to be a glaring contradiction in that wikipedia article:

[quote]The moderator is in a ...
1-9-2004 at 15:38
by: Polverone
THF ( tetrahydrofuran)
The emphasis on theoretical-not-practical is reserved for energetic materials. Anyone can ask any qu ...
31-8-2004 at 11:19
by: Polverone
another one to try
I just saw this one announced on sci.chem as now being free:
[url]http://www.arguslab.com/[/url]

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30-8-2004 at 21:00
by: Polverone
Mad Science at the max, where do you draw the line?
[quote] Money for nothing sounds lovely, but I like being able to look in the mirror when I shave wi ...
29-8-2004 at 22:40
by: Polverone
12.5% NAOCl from Grocery Store!
"What it's worth" is of course "whatever people are willing to pay for it." ...
25-8-2004 at 14:04
by: Polverone
Heartily seconded!
If you want to run the server on different hardware, PLEASE build a separate machine, test it, and t ...
25-8-2004 at 13:57
by: Polverone
Book scanning.
I have never used omnipage, but I would say that FineReader is good. It is easy to use. If you have ...
25-8-2004 at 11:11
by: Polverone
domain ownership
I think the domain is supposed to "belong" to me. I do get email from the registrar whenev ...
25-8-2004 at 10:56
by: Polverone
CuCO3 and CuAc2 for lead dissolution
I already had the carbonate, purchased some time back from a ceramic supply place. Yes, I just used ...
22-8-2004 at 22:08
by: Polverone
CuCO3 and CuAc2 for lead dissolution
I confess that I gave advice without first trying my own advice; though I had previously made copper ...
22-8-2004 at 16:57
by: Polverone
CuCO3 and CuAc2 for lead dissolution
Copper carbonate reacts more slowly - I believe - mostly because of the lower solubility of copper a ...
21-8-2004 at 11:24
by: Polverone
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